2022-01-29
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน - Set – C – councilor & counselor
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Dictionary.com:
ออกเสียง councilor = “KOUN-suh-ler” or “-sler”
ออกเสียง counselor = “KOUN-suh-ler”
The A-Z of Correct English Common Errors in English Dictionary:
councillor or counsellor
A COUNCILLOR is an elected representative.
A COUNSELLOR is one who gives professional guidance,
such as a study COUNSELLOR, a marriage
COUNSELLOR, a debt COUNSELLOR.
Dictionary of Problem Words and Expressions:
councilor & counselor
Acouncilor is a member of acouncil,
an assembly of persons formed for deliberation or action:
“Jesse was appointed a member of the Mayor’s Council on Mass Transportation.”
Acounselor is one who gives advice or counsel (opinion, instruction): “Martha acted as a counsel to the Committee on Welfare.”
The corresponding verb form is counsel:
“Please counsel me in this matter.”
Counselor is also a term applied to lawyers,
although among attorneys
the word is often employed humorously or sarcastically.
Certain employees at summer camps are calledcounselors.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary:
Usage Notes
Convening on 'Counsel' and 'Council'
We drop the gavel. Remediation is provided.
What to Know
Counsel is a noun or a verb relating to advice or the act of giving advice.
One who gives advice is referred to as a counsellor.
The homophone council only has a noun form,
and usually refers to groups or committees that decide rules and laws,
or provide guidance.
Members of a council are councillors
but what they engage in is actually counseling.
Readers, before we present our findings
on misuse of counsel and council,
we would like to share information on the similarities and differences
of these similarly spelled words with the same pronunciation.
It is believed that doing so will be beneficial to those writers
who find themselves seeking counsel when choosing between them.
For those who find that they do not need counsel,
the information provided will be useful if ever called upon
to be a counselor for a confused writer
or if appointed to a council on the English language.
Homophones, Homographs, and Homonyms
Counsel and council are homophones, not homographs or homonyms.
Homographs are words that are spelled alike
but are different in origin, meaning, or pronunciation
(for example, the noun bow for a part of a ship
and the noun bow for a weapon are the same in spelling
but not pronunciation).
Homonyms are words that have the same spelling and pronunciation
but are different in meaning
(e.g., the noun bear and verb bear).
the Counsel and council are homophones (like blue and blew)
because they are pronounced alike
but havedifferent spellings and meanings.
As homophones, they are only confused in writing
since they sound the same in speech.
The Meaning of 'Counsel'
Counsel functions as a noun or a verb.
As a noun, it is used to refer
to advice, instruction, or recommendation provided to someone
("The king sought counsel from his advisors")
as well as to a person providing expert or professional advice or services, or specifically to a lawyer representing—and giving advice to
—a party in a court of law.
Someone who provides counsel,
especially personal guidance or instruction,
is called a counselor (e.g., a school/camp/marriage counselor),
which means the derivative counselor is a synonym of counsel.
Less commonly, nominal counsel is used to refer to
a person's guarded thoughts or intentions.
This sense, which is most often encountered in literary writing,
often follows keep.
"To keep (one's own) counsel"
means to not share your thoughts with others,
as exemplified by William Shakespeare's Hamlet's line
"The players cannot keep counsel; they'll tell all"
or by the English novelist George Eliot
when she penned in Middlemarch:
“Standish will keep our counsel, and the news will be old before it’s known.”
The verb counsel suggests the act of giving advice:
"The lawyer counseled her client on the plea bargain";
"The professor counsels graduate students in their dissertation work."
This fact is helpful
when one has to choose
between counsel and council when a verb is called for
because council does not have a verb form.
Evidence of the incorrect verbal council, however,
can be found when searching for it,
and easily spotted when not sought out:
The Meaning of 'Council'
As mentioned, council is only a noun.
It is used as a designation for various groups of people
who are elected or appointed to make rules, laws, or decisions,
or groups that provide advice, guidance, or consultation.
It also refers to a meeting by a council.
Although frequently used without a modifier,
as in "a council on low-income housing,"
it is equally coupled with one:
"city council," "student council," and "security council" are examples.
Conversely, it is used attributively (that is, as an adjective)
to modify nouns,
as in "a council member" or "a council meeting."
An elected member of a council is called a councillor;
however, councillors do not engage in counciling
but rather in counseling.
Examples of Mistaken Usage
Our counseling session on counsel and council is coming to an end. Before we conclude,
here are a couple of published quotes using the words incorrectly.
We left blank spaces in their place.
We trust that you can correctly fill them in.
Counsel and council are, indeed, confusing words
in that they are pronounced the same
but spelled differently;
another factor is that
they are both associated with the act of giving advice.
Council is the word for an advisory group or meeting;
counsel is the word for advice, an individual giving advice or guidance,
or the verb indicating such action.
There is not a tried-and-true mnemonic
to differentiate these words.
Relating committee to the second c in council might help
and the verb advise to the s in counsel; however,
both words relate to giving advice, advising,
which leads to the confusion.
Our counsel is to visit the dictionary for advice, counsel.
Abused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree:
Councilor = a member of a council
Not to be confused with:
Counselor – an advisor; a lawyer;
an official of an embassy who ranks below
an ambassador or minister
[The above words are not interchangeable.
A council is an assembly of persons who make deliberations
and offer advice.
A member of such a group is a councilor.
Counsel means advice given to another.
A person who gives the advice is a counselor.]
